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E present  herewith  to  the  public  generally  our  sample  book  embracing  our  present 
line  of  shades  in  Best  Prepared  Paint. 

For  many  years  it  has  been  the  custom  among  manufacturers  of  Paints  to  distribute 
samples  consisting  usually  of  small  squares,  representing  their  various  shades  arranged  in  card 
or  circular  form,  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  merchants  in  disposing  of  their  goods,  and  giving 
to  the  consumer  a better  opportunity  of  making  his  selection  of  shades. 

With  this  book  we  propose  lo  depart  from  this  time  honored  custom,  and  endeavor  to 
show  to  the  public,  exactly,  the  appearance  of  a house  when  painted  with  any  of  our  30  shades; 
and  to  this  end,  we  call  your  attention  to  the  body  color  in  each  plate. 

In  trimming  the  various  plates,  we  have  had  in  view  not  only  a preservation  of  the 
ideas  of  harmony,  but  we  have  also  taken  a liberal  range.  Employing  the  same  shade  on 
many  plates  with  the  idea  of  obviating  the  necessity  to  a merchant  of  carrying  in  stock  so 
great  a number  of  shades  suitable  only  for  trimming  purposes. 

The  combinations  herein  displayed  are  such  as  in  our  opinion,  are  best  calculated  to 
impress  the  public  favorably.  We  have  used  only  new,  popular  and  fashionable  tints,  and 
even  should  there  be  nothing  shown  which  would  meet  the  approval  of  all,  we  feel  assnred 
that  from  the  plates  some  ideas  may  be  gathered  which  prove  an  assistance  to  them  in  arrang 
ing  a combination  to  suit  their  views. 


Why  the  Heath  k Milligan  Prepared  Paints  are  the  “Best." 

will  scarcely  be  denied  that  when  Prepared  Paints  are  composed  of  materials  which 
have  been  proved  by  long  usage  as  the  best  known,  and  that  when  these  are  compounded 
according  to  rules  of  proportion  prescribed  by  the  best  painters  and  established  by  experience, 
and  that  when  these  ingredients  are  ground  together  and  intimately  blended  by  processes  far 
superior  to  the  laborious  and  old  fashioned  methods,  the  paints  must  be  as  perfect  as  it  is 
possible  to  make.  Thus  the  Heath  &:  Milligan  paints  are  made,  and  they  are  as  far  superior 
to  hand  made  paints  as  the  best  machine  made  American  watches  are  superior  to  the  cheap 
hand  made  time  pieces. 

That  Prepared  Paints  have  not  superseded  all  others  argues  nothing  against  their  excellence. 
Unfortunately  for  their  complete  triumph  in  popular  esteem,  they  are  .-eacniy  counterrretea, 
and  from  the  date  of  their  first  manufacture,  the  market  has  been  flooded  with  so  called  '‘Mixed 
Paints,”  which  like  everything  else  that  is  cheap , found  ready  sale.  When  their  worthlessness 
is  proven  by  trial,  the  victims  are  ever  ready  to  declaim  against  all  prepared  paints  as  a fraud 


E claim  that  our  Best  Prepared  Paints  are  superior  to  most  paints  on  the  market.  We 
further  claim  that  they  are  equal  if  not  superior  to  any  paint  that  can  be  prepared  by  a painter 
in  the  ordinary  way  by  hand.  We  know  this  is  a pretty  strong  assertion,  but  we  are  ready  and 
willing  to  prove  the  truth  or  falsity  of  what  we  say. 

We  will  furnish  paint  to  cover  one  half  of  a building,  the  other  half  to  be  painted  with 
any  other  brand  of  paint  ready  for  use,  or  paint  prepared  by  the  painter  himself,  he  selecting 
any  pigment  he  may  desire  as  a base,  and  using  such  material  as  in  his  judgment  is  best  to 
produce  the  required  shade,  If,  in  the  opinion  of  a disinterested  party,  the  Heath  & Milligan 
Best  Prepared  Paint  is  not  superior  to  the  other  brand  of  paint  in  use,  or  equal  in  every  essen- 
tial respect  to  the  paint  prepared  by  the  painter,  so  far  as  working  qualities,  covering  proper- 
ties and  general  appearance  is  concerned,  there  will  be  no  charge  made  for  the  paint.  If  in 
the  judgement  of  the  “referee”  our  paint  proves  equal  or  superior  to  the  paint  used  against  it, 
the  paint  shall  I e paid  for;  but  we  are-willing  to  go  further;  if  cur  paint  at  the  expiration  of  one, 
two,  three  or  'ive  years  is  not  equal  to  that  prepared  by  the  painter,  as  regards  beauty  of  finish 
ind  durability,  we  will  refund  the  money  paid. 


is  impossible  to  lay  down  a rule  governing  the  amount  of  paint  required  for  a given 
surface  ; both  new  and  old  weather-beaten  work  will  require  more  paint  than  a smooth 
and  hard  surface  ; and  amount  will  vary  according  to  the  nature  of  the  work.  On  ordinary 
surfaces  ; one  gallon  of  our  Best  Prepared  Paint  will  spread  two  coats  over  250  square  feet  and 
the  following  rule  will  be  found  convenient  in  ascertaining  the  quantity  of  Paint  required  to 
cover  a desired  surface. 

To  the  number  of  feet  in  width,  (front  and  rear)  add  the  number  of  feet  in  length, 
(both  sides)  ; multiply  this  by  the  average  height,  and  the  product  will  be  the  number  of 
square  feet  to  be  painted.  This  divided  by  250,  as  one  gallon  of  our  Best  Prepared  Paint 
covers  250  square  feet  of  fair  or  smooth  surface  (two  coats)  gives  the  quantity  required  in  gallons. 

As  is  understood  by  every  practical  painter.  Paint  when  mixed  for  use  should  be  of 
different  consistency  for  priming  or  first  coating  and  for  second  coating  or  finishing.  Our 
Best  Prepared  Paint  as  it  leaves  the  factory  is  of  the  proper  consistency  for  second  coat  work. 
In  priming  new  work  or  old  weather-beaten  work  which  has  become  dry  and  porous,  this  Paint 
should  be  thinned  with  Pure  Linseed  Oil. 


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